Scientists Transform Skin Cells into Functioning Liver Cells
The power of regenerative medicine now allows scientists to transform skin cells into cells that closely resemble heart cells, pancreas cells and even neurons. However, a method to generate cells that are fully mature – a crucial prerequisite for life-saving therapies – has proven far more difficult.But now, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes and UC […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - July 11, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
3D-printed ‘ electronic glove ’ could help keep your heart beating forever
Scientists have created a revolutionary new electronic membrane that could replace pacemakers, fitting over a heart to keep it beating regularly over an indefinite period of time. The device uses a “spider-web-like network of sensors and electrodes” to continuously monitor the heart’s electrical activity and could, in the future, deliver electrical shocks to maintain a […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - July 4, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
3D-printed ‘electronic glove’ could help keep your heart beating forever
Scientists have created a revolutionary new electronic membrane that could replace pacemakers, fitting over a heart to keep it beating regularly over an indefinite period of time. The device uses a “spider-web-like network of sensors and electrodes” to continuously monitor the heart’s electrical activity and could, in the future, deliver electrical shocks to maintain a […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - July 4, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Neuroscientists show that multiple cortical regions are needed to process information
Previous studies of the brain have depicted the cortex as a patchwork of function-specific regions. Parts of the visual cortex at the back of the brain, for instance, encode color and motion, while specific frontal and middle regions control more complex functions, such as decision-making. Neuroscientists have long criticized this view as too compartmentalized.In a […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - July 3, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Starting Antiretroviral Treatment Early Improves Outcomes for HIV-Infected Individuals
A major international randomized clinical trial has found that HIV-infected individuals have a considerably lower risk of developing AIDS or other serious illnesses if they start taking antiretroviral drugs sooner, when their CD4+ T-cell count—a key measure of immune system health—is higher, instead of waiting until the CD4+ cell count drops to lower levels. Together […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - May 29, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Electron microscopes close to imaging individual atoms
Today’s digital photos are far more vivid than just a few years ago, thanks to a steady stream of advances in optics, detectors, and software. Similar advances have also improved the ability of machines called cryo-electron microscopes (cryo-EMs) to see the Lilliputian world of atoms and molecules. Now, researchers report that they’ve created the highest […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - May 10, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
New test could give smokers early warning of lung cancer
Scientists have discovered that the way light reacts with human cells may indicate the likelihood of a person having lung cancer. Patients with lung tumours were found to have subtle abnormalities in the cells of their mouth, lungs and nose. Using swabs from patients’ cheeks, researchers from University College London found that cells of lung […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - December 6, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Researcher Believes 3D Printing May Lead to the Creation of Superhuman Organs Providing Humans with New Abilities
Evolution is what got us here today, if you accept the scientific approach to our creation. It was processes such as ‘survival of the fittest’ which led us, as well as other earthly creatures, to develop some of the traits, senses, and abilities that we possess today. For superhero fans, especially those who love the X-Men, […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - December 6, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Pain in a dish: researchers turn skin cells into pain sensing neurons
After more than six years of intensive effort, and repeated failures that made the quest at times seem futile, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) and Harvard’s Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology (HSCRB) have successfully converted mouse and human skin cells into pain sensing neurons that respond to […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - December 6, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Are We Really Conscious?
OF the three most fundamental scientific questions about the human condition, two have been answered.First, what is our relationship to the rest of the universe? Copernicus answered that one. We’re not at the center. We’re a speck in a large place. Second, what is our relationship to the diversity of life? Darwin answered that one. […] (Source: Biosingularity)
Source: Biosingularity - October 11, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
Decoding the Human Immune Response
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Source: Biosingularity - October 4, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Derya Tags: Biotechnology Source Type: blogs
